NUTS-3 FRK22 · France
Ardèche
Ardèche generates €9.7bn of GDP across 336.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 53.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (95th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (31.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable41 → 34 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Talent & skills90
Energy cost88
Resilience66
Quality of life62
Growth momentum52
Digital readiness51
Cost advantage50
Connectivity48
Industrial base44
Labour market39
Governance38
Demographic outlook28
Economic base27
Freight intensity16
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
53.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.6
Livability62.1
Market access41
Economic scale58
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability54
Labour stability84
Diversification56
Demographic stability71
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access9
Market access41
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
89.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary95
Lifelong learning81
Knowledge workers95
Scientists & engineers88
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
62.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy38.5
Jobs31.5
Education89.5
Health95
Safety45.3
Connectivity73
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
51.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 26.6%Diversified · HHI 2216
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 24.7%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 13.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.7%Public · health · education 26.6%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€9,677M2024
1.0% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,650M2025
0.8% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Population
336,7592025
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Unemployment rate
7.1%2025
4.4% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
115,8002024
1.1% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Productivity / employee
€85,1642025
1.9% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Gross value added
€8,633M2024
0.5% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,633M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€230M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,131M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,367M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€585M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,168M
2024 · EU pctl 41
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,600
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,700
2024 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€66,409M
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€8,444M
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€150,675M
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,563M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,221M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,298M
2024 · EU pctl 66
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,650M
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,164
2025 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,183M
2025 · EU pctl 59
Labour market
Employment, total persons
115,800
2024 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
20,600
2024 · EU pctl 58
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,100
2024 · EU pctl 49
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
150,100
2025 · EU pctl 60
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,504
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
3,219
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise deaths
2,688
2023 · EU pctl 75
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 73
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
49.4%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
60.1%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.6%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,739,813
2025 · EU pctl 89
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,890
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,776 kt
2025 · EU pctl 35
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,155
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
29 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
115
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
193,229
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged 65+
91,372
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged under 15
52,158
2025 · EU pctl 68
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
2,466
2024 · EU pctl 62
Deaths
4,045
2024 · EU pctl 65
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
2024 · EU pctl 84
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 23
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
296,936
2100 · EU pctl 65
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
511 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
771 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
306 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,054 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.46
2022 · EU pctl 44
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.27
2022 · EU pctl 39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 37
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.39
2022 · EU pctl 43
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.02
2022 · EU pctl 0
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 12
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 44
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
850 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
23.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.6%
2021 · EU pctl 83
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